Swimming with Crocodiles

Martinic, Marjana; Measham, Fiona

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“…Consistent with previous research (e.g., Cooper, 1994; Kuntsche et al, 2006), social motives were related to alcohol use, but not alcohol-related problems after controlling for usual alcohol use. As hypothesized, social motives were also positively associated with heavy drinking, and this result may be caused by the particular drinking norms in China (Martinic & Measham, 2008). …”

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“…This difference may be caused by different cultural environments. Because alcohol consumption is generally a socializing activity in China (Cochrane et al, 2003; Martinic & Measham, 2008), Chinese college students may perceive that “To fit in with a group you like” is a reason for social drinking, rather than a reason for drinking to conform to some external pressure. Additionally, CFA and EFA identified two items that may be of little relevance to Chinese college students, i.e., Item 2 (“Because your friends pressure you to drink”) and Item 15 (“Because you feel more self-confident and sure of yourself”).…”

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“…Enhancement motives were hypothesized to be positively related to heavy drinking. Considering that heavy drinking is often perceived as a normal behavior during social drinking in China (Martinic & Measham, 2008), we also hypothesized that social motives would be positively associated with heavy drinking. Finally, we hypothesized that after controlling for usual alcohol use, coping motives would be positively associated with alcohol-related problems, while social motives would not be associated with alcohol-related problems.…”

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An Exploration of the Four-Factor Structure of the Drinking Motives Questionnaire-Revised Among Undergraduate Students in China

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Windle

Thompson

2015

Substance Use & Misuse

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Background College drinking has become a significant health issue in China; the current study addressed the gap that no prior research has investigated drinking motives among Chinese undergraduate students. Objectives This study aimed to replicate the four-factor structure of the Drinking Motives Questionnaire-Revised (DMQ-R) reported for Western populations. Additionally, the relationships between drinking motives and alcohol use were investigated. Methods In 2012, 436 participants (mean age = 20.49 and SD = 1.49; 50% male) recruited from a college in China completed a self-administered survey in their classroom setting. Drinking motives were measured by the Chinese version of the DMQ-R; three indicators of alcohol use were assessed. Factor analysis was conducted to examine the factor structure of the DMQ-R, followed by regression analysis to investigate the associations between drinking motives and alcohol-related outcomes. Results Confirmatory factor analysis failed to replicate the measurement model tested, but exploratory factor analysis identified a similar four-dimensional factor structure. Reliability and convergent and discriminant validity of the four factors were acceptable. The results also showed that social motives were related to alcohol use and heavy drinking; conformity motives were related to alcohol use and alcohol-related problems. Enhancement motives were the strongest correlates of alcohol use; coping motives were the strongest correlates of heavy drinking and alcohol-related problems. Conclusions/Importance The DMQ-R was a reliable and valid scale measuring four types of drinking motives among Chinese college students. Findings suggested that the motivational model of alcohol use may apply to studying college drinking in China.

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An Exploration of the Four-Factor Structure of the Drinking Motives Questionnaire-Revised Among Undergraduate Students in China

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2015

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“…The latest data available for England at the time of writing indicate that there were 1.2 million annual hospital admissions related to alcohol, some 15,500 people died from alcohol-related causes, and alcohol-related harm cost the UK National Health Service £3.5 billion annually (Public Health England, 2013). Many Western countries have seen evidence of determined drunkenness becoming a common behaviour for younger and younger people (Martinic & Measham, 2008) while others have seen a more nuanced evolution of patterns of harmful drinking, with youth "binge" drinking becoming less prominent but potentially harmful levels of in-home drinking amongst older consumers rising (Measham & Ostergaard, 2009). High levels of sessional alcohol consumption remain a normalised part of social life for some young people (Cherrier & Gurrieri, 2014;Fry, 2010;Piacentini & Banister, 2009).…”

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Transgressive drinking practices and the subversion of proscriptive alcohol policy messages

Hackley

Bengry‐Howell

Griffin

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Journal of Business Research

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This research makes a new contribution to alcohol policy practice and theory by demonstrating that transgression of officially sanctioned norms and values is a key component of the sub-and counter cultural drinking practices of some groups of young consumers. Therefore, policy messages that proscribe these drinking practices with moral force are likely to be subverted and rendered counter-productive. The qualitative analysis draws on critical geography and literary theories of the carnivalesque to delineate three categories of transgression: transgressions of space and place, transgressions of the body, and transgressions of the social order. Implications for alcohol policy are discussed.

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“…Researchers in the UK, who have examined the increase in binge drinking and intoxicated behaviour among young people have argued that intoxication is no longer viewed by many young adults as a danger to be avoided but rather a goal to be achieved (Chatterton and Hollands, 2003; Griffin, et al, 2009; Guise and Gill, 2007; Martinic and Measham, 2008; Measham, 2004a; Szmigin et al, 2008). They argue that today young people seek intoxication not only for the “inherent excitement of the alcoholic rush” (Hayward & Hobbs, 2007, p. 447); their desire for “determined drunkenness” (Measham, 2008) is a way of experiencing self-actualization and self-expression thereby seizing some sense of control over their lives.…”

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“A Cool Little Buzz”: Alcohol Intoxication in the Dance Club Scene

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Moloney

Fazio

2014

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Intoxication a state of altered consciousness brought about by the ingestion of intoxicants. Nighttime economy The term refers to those nighttime activities primarily associated with bars and clubs that take place within commercialized spaces in inner urban areas. Raves Although the precise origin of the word rave is unclear, with some writers associating it with boheminian parties in London in 1950s and others suggesting that raves began in the 1960s in San Francisco, by the late 1980s raves referred primarily to a dance parties, often unlicensed, where electronic music including acid house and techno music, was the music of choice. Asian American The pan-ethnic category “Asian American” comprises a large, diverse group of ethnic groups in the United States, representing dozens of cultures, national backgrounds, and languages, including those of Chinese, Japanese, Korean, Filipino, Indian, and Vietnamese descent. Emerging adulthood This term was coined to capture a life-course phase experienced by young adults in many contemporary western societies who are post-adolescence, but who have not yet achieved many of the traditional (twentieth century) life course markers that were associated with adulthood, such as completion of education, beginning of career, marriage, and parenthood (Arnett 2000)

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Swimming with Crocodiles

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An Exploration of the Four-Factor Structure of the Drinking Motives Questionnaire-Revised Among Undergraduate Students in China

An Exploration of the Four-Factor Structure of the Drinking Motives Questionnaire-Revised Among Undergraduate Students in China

Transgressive drinking practices and the subversion of proscriptive alcohol policy messages

“A Cool Little Buzz”: Alcohol Intoxication in the Dance Club Scene

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